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For the Trade Desk, a demand-side platform provider that normally fared excellently last year as marketers retooled their media strategies to account for the pandemic and new information mandates, Q4 brought another windfall.
“While 2020 was a uniquely challenging year, it was also a turning point for our industry and our company,” Green said during a press release.
The health crisis intensified a cord-cutting trend, which has been a blessing for streaming services and CTV platforms, after driving people indoors. Green linked the shift in the habits of media consumption to one in the thinking of marketers, where executives like Pritchard more often avoid traditional methods of advertising altogether. Green stressed the appeal of the measurement and data-driven capabilities of CTV, as well as its adaptability compared to linear capabilities.
Video streaming is not free from its problems, with a prime concern being a fraud. And while linear TV ratings have dipped in tandem with streaming’s rise, according to a survey conducted by Advertiser Perceptions, more than half of advertisers report that linear TV is their top priority in 2021.
Even now, there are massive changes afoot. P&G, one of the world’s biggest media advertisers, formed the unusual decision to make agreements with the networks, to avoid “legacy systems that have historically favored sellers,” to quote Pritchard at CES.
Green cited internal research on the chat with analysts that discovered that 60% of linear TV ad buyers plan to spend less on the upfront in 2021 for similar reasons. Most advertisers planned to keep their 2021 media allocations in line with last year, allocating 40 percent for upfront and 60 percent for the scatter market, Advertiser Perceptions found.
Green predicts that CTV will eventually command half of what he expects will be an ad market worth $1 trillion, with the channel acting as a “Trojan horse” to introduce programmatic potentials across the industry. These are high goals, but data-driven offers will continue to see a high premium as advertisers attempt to create more personalized campaigns and deal with disruptions such as the death of cookies from third parties.
Through an initiative called Unified ID 2.0, the Trade Desk has been a major player in designing a cookie alternative. The company relinquished control of the project earlier this week to Prebid.org, a non-profit focused on open-source programmatic advertising solutions that will now oversee the technical infrastructure of Unified ID. Unified ID has secured endorsements, including Nielsen, Criteo, LiveRamp, Magnite, and The Washington Post, from important advertising companies, ad-tech vendors, and publishers.


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As of last Friday, the Syracuse Student Sandbox completed its first week of operations by hosting a scavenger hunt around the Downtown Syracuse area. While student entrepreneurs spent the majority of the week working on their businesses, they did have the chance to get familiar with the downtown area, as well as the core business model of one student startup, HoundDog (more on that name follows).
Syracuse Student Sandbox – an iSchool course
A ‘Street’ Demo
The scavenger hunt was more than a fun activity for the students – it was a demonstration of one of the Sandbox startup’s concepts. As an activity planned for the first week of the Student Sandbox, the company’s scavenger hunt creation provided “immersive experiences between brands and consumers through location-based beacons,” according to IDEA.
This year in the Sandbox, each Friday, student teams will have the chance to create an event or activity related to their businesses. Not only do these events provide student entrepreneurs exposure to their peers, they also offer the opportunity to get feedback and put business concepts into action.
Max Doblin, via Linkedin.com
The scavenger hunt startup concept was the first ‘street demo.’ The company’s Max Doblin, who graduated from Syracuse University with a dual major in advertising and entrepreneurship, said the activity “allows some of the student teams and especially some of the foreign students to get acclimated into the downtown area in Armory Square specifically. ” For Startup Sandbox students who are coming from different areas of the world, “Syracuse has a lot to offer, and it’s important that students figure out the places to go early on in the program, as [it] lasts for six weeks,” he added.
“Traditionally, we kind of do rewarded hunts, where you will find a hidden reward or product,” said Doblin. The Sandbox activity represented “something new…something we have never done before–which is focusing on discovery, finding new places, and having a social experience with a group of people. This is more from the collaborative and community-based side rather than the competitive side.”
Hypeist announces its name change, via Twitter/photo – Twitter.com
Startup’s New Name
While the team originally named its company Hound Dog, it recently made the decision to change the name to Hypeist.
The startup is “a platform where brands release exclusive content, experience, and products, and I don’t think ‘Hound Dog’ fit that overall, longer-term vision,” he explained.
The new name represents “someone who is going to prove their fandom to a brand to earn things,” said Doblin.
Doblin says having the opportunity to see their business concept in action gives his team the chance to improve the way it presents and hides products.
“We can do something where we hide a Chipotle giftcard and if you think you know where that location is based on a riddle or photo, you go find it,” said Doblin. “Or we can do something that is multi-step where you have to complete all these steps and then you earn something. Or we can do something that is a blend of those two.”
Blake Danzig via Linkedin.com
David Kern via Linkedin.com
While the team–which also includes David Kern and Blake Danzig— has spent a number of hours planning, they won’t really be able to measure success until the exercise is tested in person. “I think it’s also a good learning experience for us as well,” said Doblin. “The toughest part is you can plan it, but you always find flaws. The wording of something might be too easy or too difficult. I mean, there is always something.”
The startup team also has big plans for the future,which include working with brands worldwide and even becoming an e-commerce platform.
“We can sell them on our platform,” said Doblin, of that potential. “Now, we become a distribution hub, as well as a promotional company. I think that has a really neat aspect to it, but has a long time until we get to it.”
Additionally, the team is still working on a strategy that gets consumers to use the platform continuously, rather than just on a one-time basis.
“The biggest challenge will be getting a user base of people who will go back and hunt time and time again,” said Doblin.
Do you have comments on the Student Startup Sandbox concept? Thoughts about the Hound Dog name change? We’d love to hear what you have to say! Leave your comments in the section below.

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The world's largest collection of shoes for sale opened Friday in Dubai, a city dotted with luxury malls and high-end boutiques.
Called the Level Shoe District, the store takes up 96,000 square feet of real estate. It's stocked with 15,000 different styles from 250 brands. That's enough footwear for even Carrie Bradshaw-level shopaholics to swoon.
"The whole idea is to create a place for men and women who love shoes, who are passionate about shoes, who are addicted to shoes, who are obsessed about shoes," Patrick Chalhoub, chief executive of Chalhoub Group, the force behind the megastore, told Bloomberg.
Luxe brands such as Gucci and Prada dominate the floor, with the store putting out many designer styles earlier than any other store in the world, he said.
Shoes are "a developing market and it has been developing even through the crisis because people do not stop dreaming," Chalhoub said.
Retailers have been scrambling to cater to shoe lovers.
Macy's previously laid claim to the title "world's largest shoe store" when it opened a 39,000-square-foot floor this year dedicated to decor for your feet at its flagship store in Manhattan.
Saks Fifth Avenue in New York recently added 7,000 square feet to its shoe department -- already granted its own postal ZIP code a few years ago -- and built a dedicated elevator and private VIP room.
And Barneys New York recently launched a unisex designer shoe store that is 40% roomier with 350 more styles.
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Businesses offering inclusive athletic wear, personal breathing devices, video tours, and sustainable sporting equipment were in the spotlight at yesterday's 2021 University of Michigan (U-M) Desai Accelerator
Fall Demo Day. The companies' founders – who are all members of the accelerator's 2021 cohort – pitched their businesses at the virtual event and touted their solutions to real-life problems they have personally experienced.
"These innovative folk are not only presenting their businesses," says Angela Kujava, managing director of the Desai Accelerator. "They're also showing all the incredible strides that they have made in the last eight months."
The Desai Accelerator is a seven-month program, during which participating startups receive funding, tailored mentorship, hands-on training, national visibility, and connections to investors and other resources to help their businesses become successful and sustainable. The program kicks off in May with a boot camp and culminates with the December pitch competition.
"What's unique about this year's pitch competition is that all four businesses were post-revenue when the accelerator started. So they were replicating what was working for them and expanding," Kujava says.
One of the competitors, Aurora Tights
, is a niche performance athletic brand that has received kudos in "Essence" magazine. The company creates and sells shade- and size-inclusive tights for women of color, and athletes in performance sports such as ice skating, dance, cheer, and gymnastics.
"Aurora has been innovative in selling tights in five shades, two styles, and seven sizes, but they've recently expanded to include not just women, but anyone who needs tights," Kujava says. "They're very cool and have been seeing lots of recognition and success in expanding their business-to-business offerings."
Another company, BreezeBubble
, makes face masks with a flexible edge design. Founder Arohi Jain is from India, where she learned that her aging parents' outdoor activities were being curtailed because of pollution. So she set to work to create a mask that would provide them with high comfort, breathability, and protection. The company's next venture is a high-tech version of this mask that features a fan component to increase breathability even more.
"Here is someone who just wanted to solve a problem for her parents, but little did she know that soon everyone in the world was going to need a mask," Kujava says. "BreezeBubble started a Kickstarter campaign and reached their goal within 48 hours."
Renters can now better imagine how they might experience living at a particular property thanks to another pitch competitor, Tour.Video
. The pioneering video-based digital leasing assistant can be installed as an overlay to any apartment website.
"What they're doing is creating these adventure-style videos for companies who traditionally rely on in-person tours," Kujava explains. "It widens the options and convenience for renters who now have another option aside from looking at a static video on YouTube. It's like having a real, in-person tour where people can guide their own way through."
Conscientious athletes who desire high-performance, sustainable sporting equipment should be all ears about what the fourth competitor, Revolin Sports
, has to offer. The company utilizes cutting-edge, renewable, recyclable, and biodegradable materials and sustainable manufacturing processes to make pickleball paddles and accessories. The company's efforts are quite timely, Kujava explains, because pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America
. She shares that founder Hugh Davis (a U-M engineering student) began playing as a very young person and realized that the paddles available on the market were not of good enough quality.
"These paddles have greater sustainability and vibration-dampening technology that's in the paddle and helps people who have chronic tennis elbow," Kujava says. "What's incredible is that some people who have used the paddles have reported that their tennis elbow has gone away."
Kujava encourages people to show their support for these startups by going to their websites and perhaps even picking out some seasonal gifts.
"It's still tough times, but we have these wonderful companies still making things happen and grinding it out. It's a great bit of excitement and goodness, and we should all support their entrepreneurship and commitment to their purpose," she says.
Jaishree Drepaul-Bruder is a freelance writer and editor currently based in Ann Arbor. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Photo courtesy of Desai Accelerator.


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Last night we held our third thefuturestory event. Our topic this time was a little more PR focused, since we are a rounded communications agency with experience in PR and internal communications, and it is something many of us are always thinking about in business: making your story heard and then using it to create a great campaign.
Our speaker was Ed Watson, the Director of PR at Debenhams, a multinational department store in the UK, Ireland and Denmark. Debenhams have had a big week, news wise. The PR team has launched the Christmas advert, size 16 mannequins and announced that boys’ and girls’ toys would no longer be separated, so we were especially excited that Ed found the time to share his stories with us in an intimate theatre, at RADA Studios in London.
Ed started by telling us that five years ago Debenhams press office was considered, amongst other things, lazy. But an holistic approach to PR has now ensured that its former reputation has been turned on its head. The PR team at Debenhams reflects a news-desk structure (or an agency, even). Each person looks after a section of the store, from the clothes to cosmetics, and they attend each weekly meeting so that they are really embedded in the company.
Watercooler PR is what the team is aiming for; Ed wants people to talk about Debenhams everywhere and anywhere and he explained how they try to make this happen by following the zeitgeist. Whilst it's invaluable scanning newspapers, it's much more than that. A little gossip can look like nothing to the untrained eye - but the team talks about everything, personally and in business, ensuring that they are always at the forefront of news and social media, and that their ‘geists are zeited’ (or was it zeits are geisted?! I hope it's easier than it sounds!) everyday.
Three examples of great stories that have resulted in successful Debenhams campaigns:
1) Story: knives are being used less than forks.
Action: Debenhams PR team launches a 'civilised dining' campaign and enlists the help of the etiquette experts of Debrettes. They link this to social media by offering advice from an online butler on twitter/Facebook.
Result: created a debate about how modern society is eating, resulting in massive PR coverage. Sales of knives and forks are now at parity at Debenhams.
2) Story: Ascot Race Course announces that fascinators are now banned in the Royal Enclosure. (Debenhams sell more fascinators in the UK than any other retailer).
Action: Debenhams PR team launches a protest campaign against the ban. They take models to Ascot who march with their fascinators and they give out 100 fascinators, encouraging people to take photos and share online with the hashtag #savethefascinator.
Results: fascinator sales went up, massive PR coverage, but unfortunately fascinators are still banned in the Royal Enclosure (chortle throughout the theatre...).
3) Story: Debenhams launches first Christmas advert in five years, winter 2012. This is an annual battle with other retailers in terms of media coverage and once bonfire night and Halloween are out of the way, Ed described that 6th November is the start of Christmas as far as retailers are concerned! Advert resulted in the main feature, the red coat, being sold more than any other coat at Debenahms, ever. But how do you keep the momentum going?
Action: use social media. Followers were asked to nominate either themselves or someone they knew that deserved the #lastredcoat.
Result: the hashtag #lastredcoat trended on twitter.
Ed also gave us examples of save the flannel and teapot campaigns and talked about inclusivity, Debenhams' campaign to shake up our preconceived ideas of body image in the UK. Debenhams have created advertising through photo shoots that reflect 'real society' with a range of models from petite to plus-size, a paralympic model to an 80-year-old, without retouching. From little stories to big, meaningful ones - Ed is an inspiration and can find a story in everything.
The key tips I took away from Ed?
- Be brave and offer yourself up for comparison with the competition - whether it's positive or negative, it's creating noise and debate! - Always try and have an advocate, whether it's Debrettes supporting bringing back the knife or Tetley's mourning the demise of the teapot, it gives your campaign longevity, momentum, authenticity and support. - News is set up to reflect the audience it serves - always be observational. Looking outwardly helps us look inwardly (in terms of brand).


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Muscle Beach Nutrition Bikini Contest welcomes celebrity judges Mike O’Hearn and Jesse Kovacs
This past weekend Muscle Beach Nutrition hosted Muscle Beach Bikini Contest in Venice, CA. The event welcomed guest celebrity judges Mr. Universe and fitness industry renowned Mike O’Hearn and upcoming Bachelor in Paradise star, Jesse Kovacs
The contests continue each weekend throughout the remainder of the summer on the following schedule: August 9th, 16th, and 23rd. Registrations for each event will begin at 11:00 am with the competitions kicking off at 3:00 pm. The final Championship will take place on September 6th at 3:00 pm and registration will again open that day at 11:00 am. Muscle Beach Nutrition will be giving away $1000's in cash and prizes to winners as well as free gifts for every contestant!
Liz Gaspari, formerly Vice President of Gaspari Nutrition is now in the "driver's seat" at Muscle Beach Nutrition and will be managing international distribution for this new, exciting and innovative product line. "We were honored to have star of Bachelor in Paradise, Jesse Kovacs this weekend to judge alongside Mike O'Hearn, better known as Mr Universe as our celebrity judges." said Liz Gaspari. Bachelor in Paradise is set to air August 4th on ABC.
For more information on Muscle Beach Nutrition and how you can register for their upcoming Muscle Beach Nutrition Bikini Contest, please visit their website at http://www.musclebeach.com.
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About Liz Gaspari:
Liz Gaspari has been entrenched in the nutritional supplement industry for over fifteen years and her success has made her into one of the most powerful and influential people in the sports nutrition industry. Liz’s portfolio includes taking the Gaspari Nutrition brand from a regional supplier and turning it into a global presence. She is responsible for helping to build Gaspari Nutrition into one of the most powerful sports supplement companies in the world, generating over 100 million dollars sales each year. Over the years, Liz has single handedly developed profoundly successful vendor relationships domestically and abroad. Her strong business experience coupled with her ability to build solid and long lasting client relationships helped Liz break international barriers, and placed her product into the good graces of retailers across the globe. In addition to running her day-to-day business operations, Liz Gaspari is also a dedicated and loving mother and philanthropist. She manages to balance her work time with family time with meticulous precision and believes in bringing balance to all aspects of her life.


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Trend Micro said Tuesday it is teaming with startup Third Brigade to integrate its intrusion-prevention system capability into Trend Micro's OfficeScan endpoint-security product.
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Microsoft has denied it has switched on an anti-piracy measure in Windows Vista that would result in a "black screen of darkness" for unlicensed OEM copies of the operating system but the software giant did not rule out turning it on in the future.
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Mozilla has posted mock-ups of Places, one of the most-awaited new features in the upcoming Firefox 3.0., on its Web site.
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A new version of the IcePack hacker tool kit has been released and for the first time it includes attack code designed to exploit an unpatched, or zero-day, Microsoft vulnerability.
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February 23, 2009
Lack of enzymes turns hair gray
A team of European researchers says hair grays with age as follicles become bleached first gray, and then white, from within.
The researchers closely examined cell cultures of human hair follicles and found in the absence of the enzyme catalase, the hydrogen peroxide naturally produced in hair cells stops being broken down into water and oxygen. Also, hair follicles could not repair the damage caused by the accumulating hydrogen peroxide because of low levels of enzymes MSR A and B.High levels of hydrogen peroxide and low levels of MSR A and B also disrupted the formation of the enzyme tyrosinase that leads to the production of the melanin which colors hair, corresponding author Karin Schallreuter of the University of Bradford in England said.
Melanin is the pigment responsible for skin color as well.
The study has been published by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal.


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The winners of the 2007 Game Developers Choice Awards have been announced (if not posted on the awards’ Web site yet), and the big winner this year is the first-person shooter Gears of War, from Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios. Gears of War took home honors for technology and visual arts, as well as the coveted "best game" award.
However, other video game developers weren’t exactly left in the cold. Clover Studio and Capcom’s Okami combination nature/adventure game took top prizes for character design and innovation, and Nintendo’s Wii Sports earned prizes for game design and innovation. Nintendo’s Shigero Miyamoto also received a Lifetime Achievement award; his contributions to the medium include iconic titles like the Mario Brothers and Legend of Zelda franchises.
Iron Lore Entertainment received the award for Best New Studio, while Tetris creator Alexey Pajitov (considered by many to be the “father” of casual video games) was also honored at the event. Writer Greg Costikyan took home the year’s Maverick award. Also honored: The Behemoth’s Castle Crashers was voted audience favorite in an online poll; Samorost Two was voted Best Web Browser Game, and Bang!Howdy received an award for technical excellence.


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Mazda's Dedicated Ad Agency Names a New Creative Chief
Erich Funke to lead WPP's The Garage
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The Garage, Team Mazda has hired agency veteran Erich Funke as its new chief creative officer, effective March 6.
“We are delighted to have Erich’s creative leadership at GTM,” said agency CEO and WPP Mazda global team leader Michael Buttlar. “As an integrated-team agency, we are equally excited about Erich’s reputation as an enthusiastic collaborator and skilled team-builder, both with his clients and within his own agency.”
South African native Funke most recently spent more than a decade as vp, creative director at the Los Angeles office of Saatchi & Saatchi.


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The first ever Realme fitness band is all set to be launched in India on March 5, alongside the Realme 6-series smartphones. The company has been revealing key features of the fitness band at sporadic intervals, and it has now updated its teaser page to reveal more features ahead of the launch. The new features teased on the updated page include various sports modes including cricket as well as sleep quality monitoring support and smart notifications. The Realme Band is seen to come with a built-in USB port to plug and charge without wires.
The Realme Band activity page has been updated in the run up to the launch to reveal more features about the company’s first fitness band. The Realme Band is listed to come with nine sports modes – biking, running, walking, hiking, climbing, yoga, fitness, spinning, and even cricket. The company says that the cricket mode is especially made for India, given that the sport is extremely popular in the country. It integrates a sleep quality monitor that measures deep and light sleep and will give you all the data via the paired app. The Realme Band also comes with a built-in USB Direct Charge port that allows users to just plug the capsule into any adapter to charge. The company claims that this eliminates the need for any wires while charging. The USB portion is hidden inside the silicone band, and it needs to be removed every time the need to charge arises.
The Realme Band also comes with smart notifications that show you calls, reminders, texts, and SMS messages. Users can choose to hang up on calls by long pressing the touch button. Lastly, the wearable is IP68 water resistant.
Past teasers have already confirmed that the Realme Band will come with a real-time heart rate monitor, and three band colour options – Yellow, Olive Green, and Black. The fitness band will sport a curved and colour display. Its pricing and availability details should be announced at the launch event on March 5. Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth has said that the Realme Band will be available for purchase through a “Hate-to-wait” sale soon after the launch event.


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Charter communications just announced the opening of a new Spectrum store in Inglewood. Spectrum’s focus is giving customers in the Los Angeles area a comfortable and convenient environment for learning more about Spectrum’s internet and video services. While opening the new store, Spectrum held an exclusive meet and greet event with the Lakers small forward Danny Green. Fans showed up in large numbers in their Lakers jerseys, with children and had the ultimate experience taking pictures with Green. He was engaging with the fans, holding babies, laughing, and having a great time.
The customers appreciated Green coming to support this significant time in the city, especially on his off day after a game. They embraced his presence, and the customers received autographed Spectrum Sportnet books. Green said in an interview with Spectrum, “It’s good to see these new holiday faces. We are trying to bring awareness to the new Spectrum store. On our off days, we try to do the best we can to give back to the community. This is one of our ways of showing support. The fans have been amazing so far this season, and one of the main reasons why is they continue to show love and support no matter what.” After taking pictures, fans were signing up for new phones and loving the new Spectrum environment. The representatives inside the building showed phenomenal energy to the current and future Spectrum customers. They told everyone about their products and new family services they offer..
The city of Inglewood embraced this new store with open arms. For them it is more significant than a new store, it is about bringing new energy to the area. Inglewood has a lot of customers, and to have a storefront brings excitement and the opportunity for them to appreciate the latest inventory from Spectrum. This celebration brought out some of Spectrum’s leaders.
In attendance was Juan Martin, Stephen Sawyer, and the Mayor of Lawndale Robert Pullen-Miles. Miles said, “To have Danny Green here in the city of Inglewood, were glad to have him here. It’s all about the Lakers here in this city. It brings a lot of excitement in the area. We’re glad he is doing this today.” Miles also said, “They have the latest technology here. I’m a fan as well as a customer, so we’re just excited about the new gadgets. Spectrum have the best service, best coverage. If you need fast internet service, Spectrum is the best.” More than half of the Inglewood community are customers, so having a storefront is an excellent move for Spectrum. Instead of having to upgrade over the phone, customers have the pleasure of engaging with representatives and learn about the new technology. With Spectrum having the Lakers support will only enhance the support from more customers.
The Inglewood store is open Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 8 pm and Sundays from noon to 5 pm. They have two other locations in Culver City and one in Los Angeles.


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David Clark, an Ashburton farmer, told 1News the cost of growing food is growing “exponentially”.
“Unfortunately, that is going to end up hitting the household consumer pocket,” he said.
Meanwhile, supply chain issues are causing headaches on David Acland’s farm in Mount Somers.
He was meant to send his sheep to the works last month. But, pressure on the supply chain has meant there was a backlog.
He said the sheep were now consuming the grass that other animals would have been eating.
“So, that is an added cost.”
It’s not just livestock – Covid-19, climate change and the war in Ukraine are causing a worldwide wheat shortage.
The cost of wheat has doubled globally since the start of the war. In New Zealand, it’s increased about 30-40%.
There is a silver lining, however – exports are in demand, with prices at record highs.
“It’s great for New Zealand, really, when you think about it,” Acland said.
“If we were facing all these inflationary costs and we didn’t have food as our main export income, then we’d be in a great deal of trouble.”
But, he said it was hard to predict how long it would last.
Acland said there was a “real concern” a shock may be on the way and there would be a “big reset” in what people were willing to pay for lamb.
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Paramount Renews Leases at Northeast Tower Center in Philadelphi
Paramount recently renewed leases with Staples, Old Navy, Sprint, and Gamestop at the 477,000 square foot Northeast Tower Center located at 4600 Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. Paramount has recently added Kid City to the tenant roster at Northeast. Kid City has 20 stores in the Northeast. The shopping center remains 100% leased and is anchored by Wal-Mart and Home Depot.


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The self-build sector continues to give rise to a multitude of expansive domestic dwellings and as fuel bills continue to rise, more and more home owners are taking the opportunity to install renewable heating technologies at the construction phase.
Kingfisher, the home improvement retailer whose businesses include B&Q and Castorama, has just published the second installment of its European Home Report, which shows that a major concern for householders across Europe and the UK is that of ever-rising energy costs. James Hunt reports:
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Channel VAS had an impressive presence at MWC 2017
MWC 2017, the biggest annual meeting of the mobile industry was held several days ago in Barcelona, Spain. Channel VAS was, for another year, a focal point for many visitors that wanted to learn more about the FinTech solutions and services that Channel VAS offers and their impact in the global market.
Among several distinguished visitors was the Greek Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media, Mr. Nikos Pappas who visited our stand and showed great interest on Channel VAS' line of business and all the technology innovations the company introduces.
- Unleashing full potential of Internet for Africa
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Cold, hard U.S. cash is as worthless as Confederate money in some stores in Louisiana as the result of a new law.
Under a bill that became law in 2011, those who buy and sell secondhand merchandise may not use cash in the retail transactions. Sponsors of the bill said the goal is to have a paper trail to trace sales of stolen goods. Forcing people to pay with checks or money orders would leave that trail.
But the effect of the law appears to be to stifle legitimate businesses that deal in secondhand merchandise. There are numerous secondhand stores in the state that specialize in purchasing goods at garage sales, flea markets, yard sales, and similar venues and then marking them up for resale.
Pawn shops, however, are exempt from the law. Pawn shops already must record customer transactions.
Ignorant of Law
“The effect of the law is that I can’t buy anything in the state,” said Danny Guidry, who owns the Pioneer Trading Post, a resale shop in Lafayette, Louisiana. “I’ve always used cash.” He says people who run garage sales and flea markets aren’t going to take checks or money orders even though the law says they are not to deal in cash. If they take cash, they could be arrested.
Guidry said there are other stores like his that are ignoring the new rule either because the owners don’t know about it or are choosing to ignore it.
He questions the constitutionality of the new law, saying cash has always been accepted, going back to the days when the country was founded and a currency system was established.
‘There Is Legitimate Concern’
Kevin Kane, president of the Louisiana-based Pelican Institute for Public Policy, says he has some sympathy for what motivated the law, if not the law itself.
“The problem here, particularly in New Orleans, is people stealing historical artifacts and selling them—wrought-iron fences, statuary, and other artifacts with value,” Kane said. “The goal was to make it harder for those transactions to take place. I’m not saying that justifies this law. The idea of outlawing cash transactions is pretty outrageous, but there is legitimate concern behind the idea when we have a lot of historical artifacts and people stealing them.
“I’m not sure why it’s caught fire just recently, but there now is backlash. People have been talking about having the law repealed,” Kane said. “I’m not sure if there could be a movement to get it repealed in 2012.”
Phil Britt ([email protected]) writes from South Holland, Illinois.


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Honda South Africa had something to celebrate recently when they unveiled the brand new Honda FIT, the fourth generation of the immensely popular Honda Jazz, renamed to bring it in.
The Sound of Speed | Back in 1969, breaking the sound barrier was still a thing, so when Ford was searching for a moniker for a performance-oriented mass-produced option package.
Picking up the Pace When it was launched in 2017, the Jaguar E-Pace – the first compact SUV model from Coventry – became only the second Jaguar model ever produced.
Being a late addition to the Ford Everest Sport launch in the Eastern Cape recently, I missed out on the pre-launch research I usually immerse myself in before an event..
In an effort to make the name of its new H2 SUV replacement more palatable and pronounceable outside of China, Haval has changed it from Chulian to Jolion. Chulian means.
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General Motors (GM), the largest carmaker in the U.S., is set to retire Apple CarPlay from its electric vehicles (EVs) in the near future. At its annual developer conference in 2022, Apple announced a new version of CarPlay with tightly integrated climate control, several customization options, and widget support. During the presentation, Emily Schubert, Apple’s engineering manager, stated that 98% of all cars in the U.S. come with Apple CarPlay. However, with the launch of the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer later this year, GM will replace CarPlay with its own infotainment and navigation interface, which it is developing in partnership with Google.
The transition to GM’s proprietary infotainment system also applies to other future EVs, including the 2024 Chevrolet Equinox, the 2024 Cadillac Celestiq, and the 2025 GMC Sierra EV. GM has confirmed that it will remove support for Google’s Android Auto along with Apple CarPlay, although combustion models launching in the coming years will continue to support Google’s Android Auto and Apple CarPlay as usual. Existing EVs such as the 2024 GMC Hummer EV Truck and SUV, the 2024 Cadillac Lyriq, the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV, and the 2024 Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV will also retain CarPlay and Android Auto.
Better Integration with the EV
With GM’s proprietary infotainment system replacing CarPlay and Android Auto on EVs, buyers of the 2024 Blaze electric and other future EVs will be able to access Google Maps as the default navigation system. In addition, drivers will also gain access to Google Assistant for hands-free interactions. GM promises eight years of data access to navigation and Google’s voice control system, along with three years of OnStar Remote Access and streaming services in the U.S. for native media apps like Spotify and Audible, along with the Google Play Store. iPhone and Android device users still wanting to connect their phones will be able to do so via Bluetooth connection with a paired smartphone.
GM sees subscriptions as a big part of its future
While Google will benefit from the move, it could potentially hurt Apple’s business by exposing more users to Google’s services, including Maps and Assistant, while they held Apple Maps and Siri at bay. For General Motors, however, there are other advantages. Along with entertainment and navigation, GM looks to “tightly” integrate modern features such as assisted driving. GM has already revealed the next generation of its advanced driver assistance (ADAS) technology, called “Ultra Cruise.” With a plethora of sensors on cars such as the Cadillac Celestiq, they claim Ultra Cruise takes over duties from the driver in 95% of all driving scenarios. It’s a Level 2 system, building on Super Cruise’s hands-free highway functionality.
With its own infotainment system serving as the heart of the smart car, GM will harness vast amounts of data, including the owners’ driving and EV charging habits. The company aims to make $20 to $25 billion in subscription revenues by 2030, and the new infotainment system may open doors for such opportunities. It remains to be seen whether it dissuades die-hard Apple fans from buying GM’s electric vehicles, or indeed converts them into people who don’t turn squeamish at the sight of Android.


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Should rumors hold true, July could be the month of the BlackBerry. Aaron reported on the BlackBerry 8520 earlier in the week, and since then, documents have leaked from the Walmart corporate structure lending credence to a July release date. Upon launch, the date is said to have a price of $78.88, with a drop to $48.88 in October.
To recap, the Curve 8520 is the first BlackBerry to offer an optical trackball, and will potentially launch with OS 5.0. The interesting detail is what it's slated to replace: the BlackBerry Curve 8320, meaning that the 8520 is in fact going to be the new "Curve" device.


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Tag Archive: Maker’s Mark
•Florida-based St. Augustine Distillery will debut a Florida Double Cask Bourbon next month. Continue reading →Posted in News on August 26, 2016
The Surdyk family, which has been selling beverage alcohol in the Minneapolis market since 1934, is in the midst of a transition to a fourth generation of leadership as Jim Surdyk, CEO since 1988, cedes more day-to-day responsibility to his three children—triplets Melissa, Taylor and Molly, age 30. SND recently sat down with Jim Surdyk and family, as well as general manager Steven Wilk, at Surdyk’s, the single-unit 12,000-square-foot store on Minneapolis’s northeast side, to discuss the local retailing scene. Continue reading →Posted in News on August 1, 2016
The third-largest spirits player nationally, Beam Suntory saw its U.S. volume climb by an estimated 1% to 21.7 million nine-liter cases in 2015, according to Impact Databank. Among its top brands, Jim Beam grew 3% to 4.3 million cases, while Sauza rose 4% to 2.2 million cases and Maker’s Mark advanced 6% to 1.4 million cases. Upscale whiskies Knob Creek, Basil Hayden’s and Laphroaig all increased by double-digits, while Pinnacle vodka declined slightly. Consumer goods veteran Tim Hassett was named president, North America, at Beam Suntory in 2014—the same year as Suntory’s $16 billion acquisition of Beam Inc.—and last year added responsibility for South America. SND senior editor Daniel Marsteller recently met with Hassett to look at Beam Suntory’s U.S. roadmap. Continue reading →Posted in News on April 12, 2016
The Bourbon category has expanded by nearly one-third in the U.S. market since 2010, according to Impact Databank, and is closing in on 20 million cases, a level not seen in three decades.
Beam Suntory posted a mid-single-digit sales increase in its Americas region for 2015, led by strong progress for its Bourbon stable. Continue reading →Posted in News on February 16, 2016
•González Byass is introducing Nomad Outland, a new Sherry-barrel-aged whisky. Continue reading →Posted in News on December 3, 2015


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Electric, Hybrid Vehicles Prevail As International AutoShow Kicks Off
The 2023 Canadian International AutoShow kicked o on Thursday at the Metro Convention Centre, with a great focus on electric and hybrid models.
The International AutoShow is one of the most anticipated events for car enthusiasts in Canada. This event is held annually and showcases the latest and greatest in the automotive industry. The AutoShow is scheduled to take place from February 17th to 26th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
This year’s AutoShow promises to be bigger and better than ever before, with many exciting exhibits and activities planned. Attendees can expect to see a wide range of vehicles on display, from classic cars to the latest electric and hybrid models. Manufacturers from around the world will be showcasing their newest models, and attendees will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with the vehicles and learn about their features.
One of the highlights of this year’s AutoShow will be the unveiling of several new models. Many manufacturers use the AutoShow as a platform to showcase their newest vehicles, and attendees can expect to see some exciting new releases from both domestic and international automakers.
In addition to the cars on display, the AutoShow also offers a range of interactive experiences and activities for attendees. There will be driving simulators, virtual reality exhibits, and a number of other activities that offer a glimpse into the future of the automotive industry. The AutoShow also features a number of guest speakers and experts who will be on hand to discuss the latest trends and developments in the industry.
Another exciting feature of the AutoShow is the opportunity to see some of the rarest and most exotic cars in the world. The Auto Exotica exhibit is always a popular attraction, featuring some of the most beautiful and exclusive vehicles from around the world.
Overall, the 2023 Canadian International AutoShow promises to be an exciting event for car enthusiasts and industry professionals alike. With a wide range of vehicles on display, interactive exhibits and activities, and the chance to see some of the most exclusive cars in the world, the AutoShow is a must-attend event for anyone with a passion for cars.


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Govt’s food distribution slumps
While the queue of people behind open market sale (OMS) trucks of the food ministry continues to remain fairly long, food grain distribution by the ministry was said to have dropped 19 per cent year-on-year in the first four months of the current fiscal year.
Between July 1 and November 10 this year, the food ministry distributed 9.8 lakh tonnes of rice and wheat flour among low-income people at subsidised rates under its various monetised and non-monetised programmes.
These include the OMS, food friendly programme (FFP) and vulnerable group feeding (VGF). The amount distributed was 12.08 lakh tonnes from July 1 to November 11, 2021, according to food ministry data.
Of them, sales of rice and wheat flour through the OMS declined 25 per cent year-on-year to 2.71 lakh tonnes, according to the food ministry.
One analyst expressed surprise over the dip in the distribution of staple grains as high inflation was forcing many low and fixed-income families to stand in queues behind the OMS trucks to buy rice and wheat flour at lower-than-market prices.
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics claims that food inflation had declined to 8.5 per cent in October this year.
The markets were portraying a different picture. At present, rice is selling at high prices. In October, prices of wheat flour, the second most consumed item, hit a new record high level as domestic availability fell for a slump in imports.
The food ministry data showed that the distribution of food grains through the FFP slumped by one third year-on-year to 2.57 lakh tonnes between July 1 and November 10 this year.
Food Secretary Md Ismiel Hossain said supply through the FFP dropped as the government cut the list of recipients by nearly 7 lakh, taking it to 43 lakh, after detecting duplication following development of a computer database.
"They were getting the support from other programmes. So, they have been excluded from the distribution this year," he said.
On the reason behind drop in the OMS, he said the Directorate General of Food reduced the sale of wheat flour as public imports of the wheat was low at the beginning of the fiscal year.
"Whatever the reasons, the decline is surprising," Khondader Golam Moazzem, research director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
"Food grains distribution should have been increased at this time as high inflation has squeezed the scope for low-income people to avail the minimum living standards," he said.
While this government distribution of some essential commodities such as soybean oil, lentil and sugar is a positive initiative, there is no scope to cut social safety net programmes' grains supply, he said.
Rather the government should increase distribution to ensure food security of low-income families, added Moazzem.
For the current fiscal year, the food ministry has targeted to provide 30.95 lakh tonnes of grains. It distributed 30.77 lakh tonnes in the previous fiscal year of 2021-22.
Quazi Shahabuddin, a former director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), said only 32 per cent of the distribution target has been achieved in nearly four and a half months.
From this, it appears that overall distribution might be lower than that last year unless efforts are there to increase distribution, he said.
Shahabuddin said as the election year was upcoming, the government should enhance distribution for its own interest.
Food Secretary Hossain said the ministry tries to increase distribution both in terms of volume and the number of beneficiaries by 20 per cent.
"We will increase distribution yet be conservative to reduce the distribution per person so that more people get the benefit," he said.
The food ministry has 16.17 lakh tonnes of cereals in stock, including 13.7 lakh tonnes of rice, as of November 16 this year, showed data by the food ministry.


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Peloton is slashing 500 more jobs, or 12% of its workforce, it told the WSJ.
CEO Barry McCarthy said the company would also reduce its retail footprint.
Peloton has already laid off thousands of employees this year as part of a desperate cost-cutting measure.
Peloton is slashing hundreds more jobs in a desperate measure to cut costs.
The connected-fitness giant said it plans to cut around 500 jobs, or roughly 12% of its remaining workforce, per the report. CEO Barry McCarthy told The Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the layoffs, that the cuts are company-wide but that the marketing team would be most affected.
This is the company's fourth round of layoffs this year.
The Journal reported that McCarthy – who has only served as CEO since February – said he was giving the company around six months to turn itself around. A Peloton spokesperson denied to Insider that McCarthy had said this, saying that the publication had taken his comments out of context.
McCarthy told CNBC in a later interview: "The restructuring is done with today's announcement," he said. "Now we're focused on growth. "I'm feeling about as optimistic as I've ever felt," he told the outlet.
With the new layoffs, Peloton will have around 3,800 staff left, The Journal reported. In June 2021, the company had more than 8,600 staff.
Peloton also told The Journal that it has eliminated about 600 more jobs since June than previously disclosed, including through retail store closings.
"I know many of you will feel angry, frustrated, and emotionally drained by today's news, but please know this is a necessary step if we are going to save Peloton, and we are," McCarthy said in a staff memo viewed by Insider. The subject of the memo read: "A Difficult, But Critical Pivot to Growth."
McCarthy told The Journal that the company had reduced costs by slashing jobs, outsourcing all manufacturing, and reducing unsold inventory. He said that the new layoffs would be Peloton's last bit cost-cutting measure and that the focus would from now on be on increasing revenues.
McCarthy said in the memo that the final cost-cutting step would be "the right-sizing of our retail footprint," adding that the segment had lost more than $100 million last year.
"Decisions like this are incredibly difficult and Peloton is doing all we can to help our impacted colleagues," a Peloton spokesperson told Insider. "As we pivot to growth, today marks the completion of the vast majority of our restructuring plan we began in February 2022."
Peloton, which was founded in 2012, became one of the darlings of the pandemic as home-fitness companies boomed during waves of lockdown, despite the huge demand leading to long delivery times and the company having to recall pedals on around 27,000 bikes after some users were injured.
But Peloton's woes really started in March 2021, when a child died in an accident with one of its treadmills. After clashing with regulators, the company recalled all treadmills that May and stopped their sale and distribution.
And the reopening of the economy, which allowed people to return to gyms and group sports, made Peloton's sales dive even further.
In February, the company announced huge cost-cutting measures, including cutting 2,800 jobs, or about 20% of its workforce, and scrapping plans to build its own factory. CEO and cofounder John Foley also announced he would step down, leading to McCarthy being appointed as its new CEO.
Revenues from hardware sales fell 55% between March and June compared with the same period in 2021, and the company is now heavily reliant on subscription fees, which make up more than half its revenue. The company reported a $1.2 billion operating loss for the quarter.
Peloton has announced some major developments recently, which could help drive sales. In September, the company unveiled its much-anticipated rower, which retails at $3,195. It's also bringing its bikes to all the 5,400 Hilton-branded hotels in the US and will start selling its bikes and treadmills in more than 100 Dick's Sporting Goods stores as well as on its website.
October 6, 2022: This story has been updated to reflect that Peloton is disputing The Wall Street Journal's characterization of its CEO's comments.
Read the original article on Business Insider


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Americans love meat. But even meat lovers will agree that the production of beef tenderloin and lamb chops takes its toll on the planet. Enter the new breed of meat producer, one that actually applauds eating less while still encouraging Americans to eat well.
It’s not bad advice, either. The links between the production of red meat and stress to the environment are well documented. It’s a resource-intensive process with a production cycle requiring a tremendous amount of energy. According to an oft-quoted analysis published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, “Shifting less than one day per week’s worth of calories from red meat and dairy products to chicken, fish, eggs, or a vegetable-based diet achieves more GHG reduction than buying all locally sourced food.”
As recently as 2005, Americans were breaking records for per-capita consumption of red meat. While we’ve reduced intake a bit since then (less than 5%), we continue to eat more beef, pork, lamb, and veal than any other country on the planet. As the founder of Pavone, an integrated ad agency specializing in food and beverage marketing, I’m well aware that a meaty diet (including my own) is still solidly entrenched as a part of the American ideal and remains a powerful symbol of prosperity, indulgence, and general well-being. That’s one reason it’s so hard to reduce consumption.
Despite an onslaught of efforts to persuade Americans to eat less meat, the strategists here at Pavone report a seemingly counterintuitive explosion in premium red meat offerings. It appears that well-heeled red meat fans are willing to eat less as long as they can reward themselves by trading up in quality and taste.
We also see evidence of the industry working to change the meat-producing dynamic. The inclusion of heritage breeds of meat on menus, at farmers’ markets and in upscale retailers are clear indicators that the desire for heritage breeds is growing. While we don’t believe the link between the proliferation of heritage livestock breeds and a healthier planet is iron clad (at least not yet), the adoption of heritage meats, and their elevated price tags, by chefs and consumers is an encouraging sign.
Pavone’s strategists have also noted a perceived resurgence of butchers. If the food media is to be taken at their word, one would get the impression that every small town now has a dedicated butcher or two providing excellent cuts of local and artisanal cured meats. But the reality is that, with a few exceptions, butcher shops are still limited to major urban areas, while the majority of America continues to rely on big grocery chains for their meat.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I love red meat. I don’t eat a lot of it, and I don’t have a local butcher to supply me with choice cuts, but if I wanted to indulge, I know a choice cut of ribeye is also only a mouse click away. These days, anyone can go online and find a cornucopia of grass-fed, locally raised, heritage breeds and custom offerings (although typically priced at two or three times the cost of grocery store options). Take your pick from high-end retailers like Williams-Sonoma, Dean & DeLuca, and Omaha Steaks, or choose from the hundreds of upstart artisanal producers now leveraging the power of the web.
If you’re not ready to order red meat online, your local grocery store will more than likely suit your needs. They’re ready, too, as many grocery chains have shifted how their meat is chosen, marketed, and presented. Grass-fed red meat is also finding a broader market. Grass-fed is promoted as a more humane way of raising beef because it’s centered in pastures, not in feedlots. It also offers more protein than corn-fed beef, although its environmental benefits are still up for debate.
A recent Washington Post article proclaimed that dramatic drops in meat consumption mean eating red meat is “going out of style.” Regardless of how you feel about red meat, that statement hardly seems accurate. As a food and beverage agency that’s been watching this market for 20 years, we know that American meat producers, family farms, and corporate producers alike are actively searching for ways to reduce the environmental impact of raising and consuming red meat. An unexpected, and quite welcome, side effect is that we now have access to a wider variety of better cuts than ever before.


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URW won't rubber-stamp auto concessions
The B.F. Goodrich Company and the United Rubber Workers have reached a tentative labor contract that stretches labor's pattern of moderation into the rubber industry.
But the April 19 agreement, the first to be reached without a rubber industry strike since 1965, is more of a hold-the-line settlement than the new contracts for auto unionists, who gave cost-saving concessions in return for added job security.
The URW agreement is expected to be a model for others in the industry.
URW agreed to forego regular wage increases during the three-year contract, but will continue to get cost-of-living adjustments. Negotiators estimate that Goodrich workers could get up to 22.5 percent in added pay and benefits if today's inflation rate holds steady through 1985.
URW's Goodrich unionists must ratify the tentative pact. Some of the 8,700 who are covered are reported to be unhappy with the freeze of regular wages accepted by their negotiators to help Goodrich combat competition from abroad.
The URW held the line on economic issues despite Goodrich efforts to win givebacks similar to those in Ford and General Motors contracts, but the union won no major economic gains.
Negotiations now will be resumed with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, and Uniroyal Inc., employers of an additional 30,800 hourly workers.


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July is a big month for Xiaomi as they prepare to release a wave of new products. ePrice announced that Xiaomiwill hold a launch event for their newest products on July 22. The products they will launch are the Hongmi 4G edition, Mi 4, Xiaomi bracelet, and the long-awaited MIUI V6 OS.
Not too long ago, the Hongmi 4G edition received certification from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s website where it’s listed as 2014501. It supports TD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/GSM China Mobile internet, uses the 1.3GHz MT6582 quad-core LTE chipset, and its OS is likely to be the MIUI V6. Its other specs are the same as previous versions including its appearance.


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Yesterday afternoon, we shared with you an article in which we explained to you what the FIFA 21 community has been denouncing in recent days. Ultimate Team mode has been on everyone’s lips as an alleged plot to illegally sell players has been uncovered.
How could it be otherwise, the Electronic Arts team is aware of the accusations that have been made and as they have confirmed, they are already working to clarify what happened and to intervene quickly. if they find any indication of inappropriate behavior within FIFA21 Ultimate Team.
EA is already investigating what happened in FIFA21 Ultimate Team
We contacted Electronic Arts in Europe and this is what they told us:
We are aware of the allegations currently circulating within our community regarding FIFA21 Ultimate Team items. A full investigation is underway and if we identify inappropriate behavior, we will take prompt action.
We want to be clear: this type of behavior is unacceptable and we do not condone what would have happened here in any way. We understand that this raises concerns about an unfair imbalance between video games and the competition. We will update the community as we have more information on the situation.
As you can read in the quote above, the team is already investigating the events we have seen in recent days on social media, the company has made it clear that it will not consent to any type of inappropriate behavior in the game and in the event that they will take prompt action as they deem such acts unacceptable.


text: New Delhi: Renault India, one of the fastest growing automotive brands in India, has embarked onenhancing its innovative after-sales and service initiatives along with its robust portfolio offerings to provide and end-to-end seamless brand ownership experience to its customers.While expanding the product portfolio will be pivotal as part of Renault’s long-term commitment to India, Renault wants to carve a niche for itself by making after-sales and service experience akey differentiator in the Indian automobile landscape. As a customer-centric company, Renault has a clear-cut strategy to enhance the customer brand experience, with several unique and pioneering customer oriented activities.In order to strengthen the bonding with the customers as well as sustain their loyalty, Renault India’s slew of quality service offering to its customers, provides a superlative brand experience from the first point of contact to test drive, delivery and after-sales service.The initiatives are aimedat strengthening the overall service efficiency with faster turnaround time, online quotations and appointments, transparent communication enabling complete peace of mindto the customers.To that effect, the company has introduced a slew of unique initiatives including Workshop on Wheels (WoW), Renault SECURE, Renault ASSIST, Renault Finance, Renault Assured, customer apps and regular customer service camps. As Renault’s segment defining products started gaining popularity in mini metros and Tier II cities, Renault launched a unique door-step service facility for its customers ‘Workshop on Wheels’ (WOW)in 2016 to facilitate the servicing of Renault vehicles, even in the remotest areas across the nation. Renault’s ‘Workshop on Wheels’ is fully equipped and can perform 80% of workshop operations including all maintenance services and minor repairs. This innovative concept received an overwhelming response. In 2017, Renault plans to launch this innovative door step vehicle service facility to 18 more cities from 25 in 2016, whilst expanding this facility to mini metros. In the automobile industry, there is a direct correlation between the quality of after-sales service and customers’ intent to repurchase. Theunwavering focus on customer is the moment of insight which is really important in terms of building a robust after-sales and service strategy. Brands can inspire repeat purchases by providing superior after-sales service and can potentially outrival well-established brands in the market. Keeping this in mind, Renault is offering a host of customer-friendly serviceinitiatives to fortify both customer loyalty and retention. Renault Financeis the in-house financing arm of Renault whichspecialises in developing smart, practical and innovative ways to finance Renault customers. It offersa vast range of financial products guaranteeing flexibility, security, increased coverage and schemes easing out the purchase experience of the customer.Renault Assured, a retail motor vehicle insurance program is to facilitate the customers with insurance solutions through the choice of empaneled insurance companies using an insurance broker. The customers stand to gain cashless claims facility at 231 number of Authorized Service Centers across the country, coupled with transparent and hassle free transactions. Renault SECURE is a unique offering including Extended Warranty & Road Side Assistance of all Renault Cars.Renault SECURE is the best-in-class offering in the industry which can be proved by the number of customers who opted to get into this program.This distinctoffering from Renault has the industry highest penetration where 67% of the customers opted for this and got benefitted. Renault ASSIST is an exclusive Road Side Assistance Programme and is designed toenhance the customer’s ownership experience. It ensures that customer gets immediate and hassle free service in the event of vehicle immobilisation due to mechanical breakdown/accident. Renault India has also introduced tyre business in the workshops, offering a one stop shopping experience for its customers. Leading tyre manufacturers like Bridgestone, Goodyear and JK tyres will be Renault’s aftermarket tyre suppliers. This will further help Renault to retain the customers.With the launch of IXELL (under the brand name IXELL Hydrominum) in December 2016, Renault India has become the 1st automobile OEM in India to market ‘environment’ friendly paints to its dealerships which also re-affirms Renault’s commitment to the environment. Besides this, Renault has been regularly conducting free service camps for its customers along with a host of other value-added benefits at discounted rates to make an unparalleled brand ownership experience.All these novel after-sales, service initiatives of Renault are testimonies of providing utmost customer satisfaction as it embarks on a new phase of growth. Driven by Passion for Innovation, Renault has undertaken many first-of-its kind customer-oriented initiatives in the industry like the KWID APP. Apart from bookings in Renault India showrooms, Renault has always come up with APP based booking whenever it has launched a new product or an upgrade. Bookings through app have been instrumental in getting Renault good number of queries and actual bookings. Since the KWID’s launch in Sep 2015, Renault receivedclose to 22,000 bookingsjust through the mobile app alone. Similarly, the idea behind the booking of KWID through Paytm app last year was to maximize Renault’s reach in the digital space and improve consumer engagement by being available on just a click. Renault has received about1000 bookings for the Renault KWID through Paytm so far. Also, the SmartDrive app is a special and value-added feature available only in the DUSTER ADVENTURE edition. It feeds live data to the smartphone via a Bluetooth dongle, allowing the driver to record the fastest 0 to 60kmph time, overspeeding warnings if the driver is crossing the limits. In addition, it maintains a record of all trips, helps customers analyse them and allows to scan and save important documents.


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HTC said today its Vive virtual reality headset will cost $799 and will be available for pre-order on February 29.
In a blog post timed to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, HTC wrote that it will begin taking pre-orders for the consumer edition of its Vive–one of three high-end VR systems that will launch this year–at 10 a.m. ET on February 29. HTC also said that the device will start shipping in April.
“Vive will be delivered as a complete kit,” HTC wrote, “allowing users to instantly jump into a fully immersive virtual environment using two wireless controllers, 360 degree tracking and room scale movement sensors.”
The Vive kit will come with two free VR experiences, Job Simulator and Fantastic Contraption.
Finally, HTC said the Vive consumer version incorporates the ability to use a mobile phone without taking off the headset. “Enabling you to stay connected to the real world, without exiting the virtual world, Vive Phone Services demonstrates the ability to combine both realities without losing touch of either,” HTC wrote. “By allowing you to receive and respond to both incoming and missed calls, get text messages and send quick replies and check upcoming calendar invites directly through the headset, it opens up a whole new world of possibilities for both consumers and businesses.”
Facebook-owned Oculus will release its own high-end VR gear, the Rift, on March 28. It will cost $599. Sony’s PlayStation VR is expected to come out sometime later this year.
Those three devices will together make up the higher end of the VR spectrum. Each will require being tethered to either a PC or, in the case of Sony system, a PlayStation 4.
On the lower end of the VR scale are devices like Samsung’s mid-range, $99 mobile Gear VR, which is powered by a smartphone, or on the low end, Google Cardboard.
All together, analysts predict the VR ecosystem will be worth $30 billion annually by 2020.


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Marijuana is legal for adults and is taxed and regulated similarly to alcohol; state also has a medical marijuana law
Last update: May 02, 2023
New York becomes 16th state to legalize cannabis!
On March 30, 2021, the New York State Legislature approved the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) in lopsided votes, 40–23 in the Senate and 94–56 in the Assembly. The next day, then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed the bill into law, making New York the 16th state to end cannabis prohibition. The MRTA includes provisions for automatic expungement, community reinvestment, and measures to ensure the industry includes communities that have been disproportionately targeted by cannabis enforcement. A summary of the law is available here.
New York was the third state to legalize cannabis through its state legislature, following Illinois and Vermont.
Since the MRTA went into effect, adults over 21 have been allowed to possess up to three ounces of cannabis and 24 grams of concentrate. The MRTA also established the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) which oversees the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM). The OCM is charged with implementing a comprehensive regulatory framework that covers medical, adult-use, and cannabinoid hemp. On September 2, 2021, Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Christopher Alexander as executive director of the Office of Cannabis Management and former Assemblymember Tremaine Wright as chair of the Cannabis Control Board.
On January 24, 2022, the OCM expanded the medical cannabis program to allow doctors the ability to recommend cannabis for any condition. Prior to the expansion, doctors were only allowed to certify patients with a limited number of conditions permitted by statute.
On October 5, 2022, medical cannabis patients aged 21 and over were given home-grow rights. Under rules adopted by the Cannabis Control Board, adults 21 and over are allowed to grow a maximum of three mature plants and three immature plants. Designated caregivers who care for those under the age 21 or those unable to cultivate are also permitted to grow their own cannabis. Caregivers are permitted to grow for up to four patients. Under MRTA, all adults 21 and older will be allowed to cultivate limited amounts of cannabis by mid-2024 — within 18 months after the first adult-use sales.
On December 29, 2022, New York launched cannabis sales to adults over the age of 21. Under New York's legalization law, consumers are allowed to purchase up to 3 ounces of cannabis and 24 grams of cannabis concentrate.
Cannabis Licensing Slow to Move Forward
As of March 2023, only four adult-use retailers are selling cannabis in the state.
New York lawmakers aspired to create an equitable market that placed those most harmed by cannabis prohibition at the heart of the adult-use cannabis industry. Unfortunately, those goals have yet to be realized. Adult use licensing has been beset by several setbacks from litigation, to lack of capital, and delays from the OCM.
The MRTA set a goal of 50% of adult use licenses going to social and economic equity applicants. In the law, social equity applicants are defined as people from “communities disproportionately impacted by the enforcement of cannabis prohibition,” as well as minority- and women-owned businesses, disabled veterans, and financially distressed farmers. The OCM recently announced they were doubling the amount of conditional retail licenses with the hope that more come online in 2023.
Gov. Hochul signs bill to speed up adult-use cannabis cultivation
On February 22, 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed S. 08084 into law. The legislation cleared the way for existing New York hemp farmers to apply for conditional licenses to grow cannabis in the 2022 growing season.
Under the law, hemp farmers that were licensed with the Department of Agriculture as of December 31, 2021 are allowed to cultivate up to 43,500 square feet outdoors, 25,000 square feet in greenhouse facilities, or no more than 30,000 square feet comprising a combination of the outdoor and greenhouse space. The hemp businesses are required to meet environmental sustainability, labor peace, and equity benchmarks to be allowed to cultivate and minimally process cannabis until June 2023. Hemp businesses issued provisional licenses are required to begin operations within six months of the license being issued. After June 2023, the hemp businesses are required to apply for a cultivator or processor license.
MPP has played a leading role in enacting 10 of the 18 state legalization laws, along with numerous decriminalization and medical cannabis laws. In 2021, a record number of states legalized legislatively, and we laid groundwork for future victories in other states. This year, the movement achieved victories in ...


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Globe Telecom excites users with the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy Fold
In this fast-paced, ever-evolving world, many of us busybodies are in need of a smartphone that could complement our multifaceted lifestyles. Whether that handheld device is used for work purposes or for leisure, we all want something that is handy, easy-to-use, and diverse enough to meet our day-to-day needs and satisfy our long-term desires.
Luckily, that device has now been introduced to the market. So for the young professionals and tech-savvy experts out there, Globe Telecom, in partnership with Samsung, proudly unveils the new Samsung Galaxy Fold!
Last November 14, Globe invited special guests and members of the media to the official launch of the Samsung Galaxy Fold, entitled “Reshape the Future.” Held at Gallery by Chele, the event featured representatives from both Globe and Samsung to discuss the benefits of availing the new Galaxy Fold.
One of the perks of owning this smartphone is that you’re able to have a tablet and a phone–all in one device. With its specially-engineered spine, users are able to expand their 4.6-inch LCD screen to a 7.3-inch display by opening and unfolding the device.
“With a Galaxy Fold, you don’t really need to buy two devices anymore. You can have the convenience of a smartphone together with a tablet in one. Plus, it can fit within your pocket,” Globe Vice President for Strategic Platforms and Partnerships, Coco Domingo explains. “It’s a really unique device in a way that it will allow you to do so much more on-the-go.”
Tried and tested to ensure durability in the long-run, this Infinity Flex display feature is one that’s revolutionizing today’s smartphone industry.
Additionally, the Samsung Galaxy Fold’s all-around hexa camera allows users to create multi-angle images that not only produce high-quality images but also allows aspiring photographers to create telephoto, wide-angle, and ultra-wide pictures, in addition to the quintessential selfies.
Now, Globe allows subscribers to pre-order the Galaxy Fold through Globe’s ThePLAN and its platinum postpaid packages. Through this limited offer, subscribers can enjoy multiple benefits from Globe.
“We try to make sure that customers are able to enjoy the biggest data allowances that are appropriate to their lifestyles. We do have a lot of other benefits. For example, if you’re on a platinum plan, you have access to international concierge services. You’re [also] able to have access to a lot of the airport lounges across the Philippines. And there is also a priority network, which allows you to have the best possible mobile data experience wherever you are in the country,” Domingo says.
The company further entices subscribers to watch out for future developments on their partnership with Samsung.
“What we really do try to always do with Samsung is to look ahead and to look at what the latest innovation is up-and-coming. So, we do try to plan that out with them. We try to see which products are going to best suit our customers. It’s not just the products that are going to be available in the near future, we’re also looking at products that are going to be available in the mid to long-term future,” Domingo expounds. “We continue to look forward to all of the things that they have for consumers.”
For more details on Samsung Galaxy Fold plans via Globe, visit www.globe.com.ph/postpaid/samsung-galaxy-fold.html.


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The Competitive Smash 4 Scene Is Anxiously Awaiting Nintendo’s Next Big Move
January 22, 2018 - Super Smash Bros
The final few years have been pivotal in substantiating Super Smash Bros. For Wii U as a possess game, detached from a secure comparison kin Melee. The Smash 4 theatre has grown, grown vital personalities and storylines, and saw a Evo grand finals live on wire television. Now all eyes are on Nintendo for what’s next.
Smash 4 is a complicated theatre and a many new pretension in a series. While any entrance manages to hoard a possess following and reason onto a name few ardent players, many of Smash is divided between a stream entrance and a GameCube artifact Super Smash Bros. Melee, which people are still somehow personification 17 years after a release. It’s been tough for Smash 4 tournaments to get out from underneath a shadow, nonetheless a final year has been earnest for a few reasons.
The Panda Global rankings, or PGR, has been using many of Smash 4’s lifetime; it is a widely accepted, peer-administered metric for success. It’s like a coaches’ polls in college football, nonetheless some-more generally reputable by a community.
In Jan 2017, Panda Global introduced a tiered contest system, where events would be given a certain sequence formed on entrant numbers, volume of high-tier attendees, and esteem pool. A month earlier, contest organizer 2GGaming—or 2GG—revealed a 2017 2GG Championship Series circuit, a array of S-tier events around a year that would eventually lead adult to a championship during a finish of 2016.
These dual factors gave Smash 4 a form and structure it needed. As Smash commentator D’Ron “xD1x” Maingrette put it, many group owners were reticent to get concerned in Smash because they felt there wasn’t adequate structure.
“You know, some arrange of legitimacy to in comparison to all a other large esports out there,” pronounced Maingrette. “So we wish that in a future, we continue to have some-more circuits like that, as opposite to usually many sparse events where it doesn’t utterly feel like there’s a thought in mind.”
Of course, partial of that betterment is also due to a players themselves. For a prolonged time, Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios was deliberate roughly untouchable, with players tallying adult won sets opposite him as trophies. But this year saw Barrios tumble twice in useful grand finals: once during Evo, opposite Saleem “Salem” Akiel Young, and again during a 2GG Championships, opposite Leonardo “MkLeo” Lopez Perez. Both were thespian finals, and both showcased a border to that a diversion can go—for players, and for spectators.
“I remember when a diversion started ZeRo usually smacked everybody, right,” Smash commentator Phil “EE” Visu told Compete. “And now we have during slightest 10 to 15 people who can legitimately plea this guy, and that was good for a scene. It showed other players [that] even nonetheless I’m removing those hands right now, we could develop and be something better.”
Now Smash 4 sits on a precipice. The fable ZeRo is on an unfixed hiatus, citing his need to step behind from a highlight of consistent competition. No new 2GG circuit has been announced yet. And with Nintendo carrying incredibly successful console launch in a Switch, many are wondering if or when a proclamation of a Smash for Switch will come.
A series of updates have teased a possibility, from a litany of Wii U “deluxe” ports to a still harmony patch for GameCube controller adapters. Despite a list of third-party fighters that would need a new turn of authorised clearance, a theatre seems set for a Smash on Switch, and stream Smash players are eager. Barrios said in a statement that he competence lapse to foe if a new iteration of Smash came out. (Barrios was contacted for this article, nonetheless did not respond by publication.)
“Everyone will be vehement so we would adore to play contra them in a new game,” Perez wrote in an email to Compete. “And also we adore Smash. we will unequivocally play a new diversion [if a comes out].”
But where Smash 4 stands detached from a siblings in some ways, Maingrette had an engaging take on a intensity lapse for comparison Smash scenes that are forced to use comparison hardware and tough copies—or reduction authorised means—to contest in their games of choice.
“I theory what we unequivocally wish to see, honestly, if there was a Smash for Switch,” pronounced Maingrette. “Nintendo not usually giving us a code new game, nonetheless an event for them to put all a other comparison titles in there so that we could play them in stately HDMI with no submit delay. Because I’m sleepy of CRTs. And we wish a [Super Smash Bros. 64] village to be means to indeed have a village where people are means to play a diversion on their TVs. It’s kind of untouched for some people.”
There are many some-more dreams for a new Smash iteration. Maingrette wants to see Geno in a roster; Visu wants an choice to play stages though hazards and to play as Crystal from Star Fox; Lopez Perez is usually vehement for a thought of a new game. But Nintendo has been coy. The Nintendo Versus comment has increased a amicable overdo of many Smash tournaments, and a association even supports Smash events, like this weekend’s Genesis 5.
It isn’t tough to see because Smash 4 players would wish a new game. Played on a Wii U—a console that competence have sole as many units in five years as a Switch will in a initial year— Smash 4 isn’t something anyone can collect adult right after saying a cold shave or tournament. Games like Tekken 7 breathed new life and players into their scenes—why not a same for Smash? Maingrette compared a intensity impact of a new Smash to a outcome Street Fighter V had on that scene.
“Street Fighter V came by and it usually like breathed new life into a Street Fighter community,” pronounced Maingrette. “And a lot of people who substantially were sleepy of Street Fighter IV motionless hey, we know, I’m going to burst into V. And a good thing about this is that you’ll have young’uns who substantially never played a comparison titles come adult out of nowhere and start violence a players who were prominent, who indeed were winning on a comparison titles. we feel like that’s an event to emanate new narratives. People usually generally like a ubiquitous open like to see a new game.”
A new diversion would also be a new event for new esports teams and sponsors to enter. 2017 saw a call of high-profile signings, nonetheless several tip players like Brian “Cosmos” Kalu and Samuel “Dabuz” Buzby are still giveaway agents. New seductiveness in a theatre could be a possibility for these players to enclose jerseys and start travelling to some-more events.
Smash 4 has grown a ton over a final 4 years, eclipsing a former Brawl scene and even station toe-to-toe with Melee. It has a possess events and is no longer seen as a “other” Smash. Whether around a “deluxe” chronicle or an wholly new entry, a theatre seems set for a complicated Smash players to have a dermatitis year, and modify even some-more people into spectators and fans.
“You know whenever Nintendo releases something, they try and do it big, right,” Visu said. “They wish we all to demeanour during it and get invested in it. There’s already copiousness of Nintendo fans. It’s not tough to consider they could turn Smash Bros. competitors. That’s how a theatre started.”


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We know Apple(s AAPL) sold 37 million iPhones during the fourth quarter of 2012, but a new report gives more fine-grain detail to sales of its top two models. The iPhone 5, which debuted in September, rose to become the best-selling smartphone in the world on the strength of 27.4 million units sold, or 13 percent of all shipments, according to Strategy Analytics’ Handset Country Share Tracker published on Wednesday. The year-old iPhone 4S was the second-most popular smartphone, with 17.4 million units sold. And both models beat out Samsung’s Galaxy S III juggernaut, which after five months of availability, sold 15.4 million units during the fourth quarter.
While Apple investors continue to worry that the iPhone’s relatively smaller screen and higher price prevent it from attracting more customers, the iPhone seems to be having one of its best moments. Wednesday’s report follows a previous one from the same firm, published earlier this month, that found the iPhone was for the first time ever the best-selling mobile phone in the U.S.
But what may be more interesting than the iPhone 5’s stats is the sustained popularity of the iPhone 4S, which was released in October 2011. These numbers serve as evidence that a significant chunk of Apple’s customers are more interested in a lower price — $99 with a two-year contract — than the absolute latest in tech and design Apple offers. You could also use it as an argument against Apple making a new model cheaper iPhone, since it essentially already has one in the 4S.
For its part, Samsung is reportedly set to release its follow-up to the Galaxy S III, the Galaxy S IV, in March, so this picture may very well change over the next several quarters.


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Digital TV News: Archana Anand
ZEE5 to launch in the U.S. on June 22
Jun 10, 2021 – ZEE5 is to launch in the United States on June 22. The platform is currently under beta testing in the market. The U.S. is the final and largest launch for ZEE5, in a market with a ready 5.4 million diaspora audience.
News categories: ZEE5, Amit Goenka, Archana Anand, Apps, Digital TV, Streaming, USA
India sees huge headroom for growth in TV and digital
May 5, 2021 – At the Asia Video Industry Association's (AVIA) Future of Video India conference, industry leaders remained upbeat on the potential for growth despite a painful 2020 which had seen a 25% drop in TV advertising revenue.
News categories: Asia Video Industry Association, Media Partners Asia, Mihir Shah, Sunil Rayan, Megha Tata, Monika Shergill, Nimisha Pandey, Digital TV, India, Market Research
ZEE5 available through Celcom in Malaysia using Apigate billing API
Mar 5, 2019 – ZEE5 has announced a partnership with Celcom in Malaysia. The partnership will provide Celcom customers with a secure and convenient payment mode, through Apigate's Direct Carrier Billing API, to subscribe to ZEE5's content bouquet.
News categories: ZEE5, Apigate, Celcom, Amit Goenka, Archana Anand, Zoran Vasiljev, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Malaysia, Streaming
Apigate API ecosystem connects ZEE5 content to viewers across the globe
Feb 25, 2019 – ZEE5 has announced a partnership with Apigate to deliver its content to audiences globally. Through the partnership, ZEE5 is leveraging not only Direct Carrier Billing but also going beyond that to offer bundling, wallets and application to person messaging for all subscribers.
News categories: Apigate, ZEE5, Zoran Vasiljev, Raja Mansukhani, Amit Goenka, Archana Anand, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, MWC21, Streaming, Worldwide
- ViacomCBS and Altice USA renew distribution agreement
- OTT now at 82% consumer saturation in the U.S.
- MultTV and MwareTV launch multi-tenant TV as a Service in Brazil
- discovery+ now available on LG Smart TVs in the U.S.
- HBO Max to be available at Telia from October 26
- Tata Sky expands quality and availability monitoring with DataMiner
- Slow recovery in European pay TV revenues expected
- Share of smart TVs and UHD TVs in Germany continues to grow
- Vewd enables Smart TV for pay TV operators with Vestel
- LG brings more content to third-party TVs powered by webOS
- 70% of audiences reached via streaming are not reachable via linear
- t4h. Android TV remote control for SKY Brasil
- ATEME joins Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program
- discovery+ to launch in Canada on October 19
- LiveRamp launches enhanced TV platform
- Comscore enables deduplicated ad campaigns on YouTube and YouTube TV
- Four Hartford TV stations launch NEXTGEN TV
- Vestel rolls out Red Bull TV app to Smart TVs across Europe
- Viaccess-Orca powers Vialis hybrid DTT/OTT service
- TalkTalk selects Netgem for launch of 4K TV service


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Metro Inc. ended its fiscal year with net earnings rising 15.4 per cent to $167.4 million in the fourth quarter on higher revenues.
The Montreal-based grocery and pharmacy chain says it earned 66 cents per diluted share for the period ended Sept. 28, up from 56 cents per share or $145 million a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, Metro earned $174 million or 68 cents per share in adjusted profits, compared with $161 million or 63 cents per share a year ago.
Revenues increased 3.3 per cent to $3.86 billion, from $3.74 billion as food same-store sales climbed 4.1 per cent and pharmacy same-store sale were up 3.4 per cent.
Metro was expected to report 69 cents per share in adjusted profits on $3.85 billion of revenues, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv.
For the full year, net earnings fell by more than half to $714.4 million from $1.72 billion following the sale of operations. Adjusted profits grew 26.3 per cent to $731.6 million or $2.84 per share. That compared with $579.2 million or $2.41 per share in the 2018 fiscal year.
Revenues were $16.77 billion, up 16.6 per cent from $14.38 billion or up 3.2 per cent when excluding the Jean Coutu Group.


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Chinese tech giant Tencent reported steady revenue growth in the third quarter (Q3) of this year, with its fintech and corporate services reporting robust expansion.
The company raked in 97.23 billion yuan (about 13.75 billion U.S. dollars) in Q3, up 21 percent over one year ago, Tencent said in an unaudited financial statement Wednesday.
Revenue from fintech and business services rose 36 percent to 26.75 billion yuan thanks to the greater number of daily active consumers and transactions per user, as well as revenue growth from cloud services, the statement said.
Online game revenue grew by 11 percent to 28.6 billion yuan in Q3.
The combined monthly active users of Tencent’s popular social media platform WeChat reached 1.15 billion, up 6 percent year on year, according to the statement.


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(UPDATE: July 5, 2019) After conducting an investigation, the FDA and CDC, along with state and local departments, determined the source of a recent Salmonella outbreak was Cavi brand papayas, distributed by Agroson’s LLC of Bronx, New York.
The papayas were sold under the brand name, Cavi. As of today, there are now 71 reported illnesses.
According to the latest release, the FDA is limiting the recall to those that may supply Cavi brand papayas. “The FDA strongly advises importers, suppliers, and distributors, as well as restaurants, retailers, and other food service providers from all states to not sell or distribute whole, fresh papayas from Agroson’s LLC that are labeled under the Cavi brand.”
(June 28, 2019) The Food and Drug Administration announced it is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Uganda illnesses from fresh, whole papayas imported from Mexico. There have been 62 reported illnesses potentially associated with the papayas. The last illness onset was reported June 8, 2019. Nearly half of the illnesses, 32, resulted in hospitalizations.
The FDA is increasing screenings of the imports to determine a cause and source of the outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control advises that any customers, retailers, or restaurants in the affected regions immediately put any papayas from Mexico on hold until the agencies can determine the exact cause. If any of the products go past their expiration date, please discard them.
The majority of the illnesses were reported in the Northeast region of the country: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Florida, and Texas.
What is Salmonella Uganda?
Salmonella is a bacteria that causes gastrointestinal illness and fever, called salmonellosis. Salmonella Uganda is the specific strain that was found in those affected by the outbreak. The symptoms develop 12 to 72 hours after exposure to the infection. Salmonellosis usually lasts four to seven days, without treatment.
The signs of salmonellosis are diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps. Severe cases can cause fever, headaches, lethargy, rash, blood in the urine or stool, and in some cases it can be fatal. Children under the age of five, elderly persons, and those with already-weakened immune systems are more likely to experience severe symptoms.
The FDA recommends sanitizing your kitchen where the potentially contaminated food has been stored to prevent foodborne illness. Wash all surfaces of your kitchen where the food may have come into contact. This includes refrigerator, cutting boards and countertops, or utensils.
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